A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as '''usbdump''' or

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A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as '''usbdump''', '''USBMon''' or '''[[Wireshark]].

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'''USBMon'''.

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The [http://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git v4l-utils tree] provides the [http://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git?a=blob;f=contrib/parse_tcpdump_log.pl;hb=HEAD parse_tcpdump_log.pl] script to directly talk with usbmon, parsing the result into a format feasible for analysis.

* [http://www.linux-usb.org/USBMon USBMon] - an old java program that can interface with the output from the usbmon kernel module; unfinished ? see: [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ the notes on this page] and those from [http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2006/10/16/USB-Snoop-in-linux this article] on USB snooping under Linux

* [http://www.linux-usb.org/USBMon USBMon] - an old java program that can interface with the output from the usbmon kernel module; unfinished ? see: [http://people.redhat.com/zaitcev/linux/ the notes on this page] and those from [http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2006/10/16/USB-Snoop-in-linux this article] on USB snooping under Linux

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* [http://wiki.wireshark.org/USB Wireshark]- looks to be a newer and more polished way to interact with the usbmon kernel module; also see [http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB this page] for further info

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* [http://www.wireshark.org/ Wireshark] - a more polished way to interface, via libpcap, with the usbmon kernel module's output; see the Wireshark wiki page's regarding USB: [http://wiki.wireshark.org/USB here] and [http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB here]

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Latest revision as of 14:48, 16 March 2011

A Linux kernel module which can snoop and output USB communications traffic. The output produced by usbmon can be examined by using utilities such as usbdump, USBMon or Wireshark.